"Investigate Barilzar's Tower" is a quest objective in the quest Divine Inquiries in The Elder Scrolls Online Morrowind.
Contents
Background
Archcanon Tarvus asked me to investigate three sites to search for clues concerning the source of whatever is draining Vivec's divine energy.
These sites include:
Location
Vvardenfell
RegionBarilzar's Tower
Area
Quest
Divine Inquiries
Vvardenfell Quest
Puzzles
NPCs
Quest Items
Lore
Walkthrough
- Go to Barilzar's Tower.
- Barilzar's Tower is located at the southeast part of Vvardenfell.
- Closest wayshrine to Barilzar's Tower is the Molag Mar Wayshrine.
- If you have not discovered that wayshrine yet, just take the road from Vivec City and travel east, past Suran and past Molag Mar.
- Enter Barilzar's Tower. You will find yourself at the Tower Entryway. Go through another door and into Barilzar's Laboratory.
- Talk to Barilzar at the Laboratory
- He tells you that he needs help with his experiment.
- This is a PUZZLE
- See solution below, or also here: ESO Morrowind: Barilzar's Experiment Puzzle Solution
- Order is: Red - Yellow - Green - Blue - Purple
- If you choose the wrong crystal, Barilzar tells you instructions like:
- "hmmmm... that didn't do any good"
- "No, no, no... reset the machine and try again"
- "Activated, but not in the proper sequence. Try again."
- "Smoke instead of light? Not the reaction I was hoping for"
- If you do a crystal wrong, you have to press the button on the Reset Machine (Experiment Reset) and start over.
- If you choose the right crystal, Barilzar will say:
- "A good start... keep going"
- "Correct... so far, so good!"
- "Like clockwork, you are!"
- "One more to go!"
- "I love it when the gears align!
- After you've solved the puzzle, talk to Barilzar again. He gives you a quest item, Barilzar's Notes, and the objectove "Investigate Barizal's Tower" is completed.
Barilzar's Tower Puzzle Solution
The order you should activate the crystals is the order in which colors appear in the rainbow, from top to bottom:
Red - Yellow - Green - Blue - Violet
Red Sphere
Red Crystal
Activate FIRSTYellow Tetrahedron
Yellow Crystal
Activate SECONDGreen Square
Green Crystal
Activate THIRDBlue Diamond
Blue Crystal
Activate FOURTHViolet Octagon
Purple Crystal
Activate LAST
Resetting the Experiment
- If you get even just one crystal wrong, you have to use this machine to reset the experiment and start over:
Experiment Reset
Reset Machine
Maps
Divine Inquiries Quest
- Talk to Archcanon Tarvus
- Investigate Barilzar's Tower
- Investigate Balmora
- Investigate Ald'ruhn
- Return to the Archcanon's Office
- Talk to Archcanon Tarvus
- Talk to Vivec
Objective Hints
- Nothing unusual outside the tower. I should look inside.
- Enter Barilzar Tower
- I should find the mage Barilzar and ask him about his experiments.
- Talk to Barilzar
- Barilzar won't answer my questions unless I help him complete his experiment. He needs me to activate crystals—in the proper order—while he modulates the energy flowing through his device.
- Help Complete Barilzar's Experiment
- Whatever I did with those crystals, it seems to have worked. Maybe Barilzar will answer my questions now.
- Talk to Barilzar
Strategy Guide/Tips
- For more info on the solution to the Barilzar Tower Riddle, see the following entry: Barilzar's Tower Solution